| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.03.2011 | YouTube Acquires Next New Networks | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
San Bruno, CA-based YouTube, the online video network owned by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), has acquired New York-based Next New Networks, the startup’s departing CEO Fred Seibert c... |
| 07.03.2011 | YouTube Buys NextNewNetworks, Launches YouTube Next | There are already plenty of places to get licensed content streamed online – from Netflix to Amazon Video On Demand – and equally as many to stream video live. So where can YouTube go next with user-created online video?
YouTube’s next step... |
| 14.01.2011 | Which Is The Most Capital Efficient Online Video Startup Of Them All? (Hint: Rocketboom) | Success in online video is relative to how much time, effort, and money you put into it. Andrew Baron of Rocketboom offers the (albeit self-serving) chart at right in a post updating the State of the Union for his startup and online video i... |
| 29.12.2010 | Next New Networks Raises $1 Million Amid YouTube Acquisition Rumors | While Google’s YouTube is reportedly in talks to buy Web content producer Next New Networks, the New York-based startup has just raised $1 million in debt financing. According to this SEC filing, the fledgling company is raising a round tot... |
| 24.12.2010 | The Year In Online Video Deals And What To Expect In 2011 | Editor’s note: Guest author Ashkan Karbasfrooshan is the founder and CEO of video site WatchMojo. In this post he examines looks back at the online video deals of 2010 and what deals could happen in 2011. You can find his previous guest pos... |
| 12.08.2010 | And Of Course, Here's The Twitter Movie Trailer | First there was the Facebook movie trailer. Then, there was the YouTube movie trailer. Obviously, it was only a matter of time before we got the Twitter movie trailer. And now here it is.
And it’s good.
As you might expect, the Twitter movi... |
| 10.02.2010 | Next New Networks Sees 300 Million Views In 2009; Approaches Profitability | Online television studio Next New Networks is reporting a few milestones today, releasing news that the network has seen over 300 million views across its networks in 2009. The company also claims it doubled revenue from 2008 to 2009 and sa... |
| 14.07.2009 | Online video: TV on the Internet vs. TV for the Internet | As more and more of us are tuning in to video programming online, web video strategies are emerging to address the plentiful business and creative opportunities of the expanding market. At the highest level, you can whittle the key strategi... |
| 14.07.2009 | Online video: TV on the Internet vs. TV for the Internet | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As more and more of us are tuning in to video pro... |
| 30.04.2009 | Freewheel nabs $12M for online video advertising | FreeWheel, an online video advertising platform that helps broker revenue-share deals between content providers, distributors and publishers, has closed $12 million in a third round of funding provided by Foundation Capital and Battery Vent... |
| 10.04.2009 | Friday Q&A: Mike Harris CEO of AnySource Media | Malvern-based AnySource Media thinks it has a good guess about the future direction of online video. The company, founded in 2006, provides software to TV manufacturers that allows consumers to pull their favorite Internet content directly ... |
| 07.04.2009 | WatchMojo.com's Videos Watched More Than 50 Million Times | WatchMojo.com, a startup that produces professional videos and then syndicates them to social networking and media sites, has streamed more than 50 million videos since its launch in 2006. WatchMojo.com’s content is distributed to Hulu, MyS... |
| 13.08.2008 | Taking the shine off: Why blog publishing 'failed' in the UK (or at least didn't create a $30m exit) | US entrepreneurs have had notable success with Blog publishing startups, in particular Jason Calacanis (Weblogs Inc sold to AOL for $25m) and more recently Rafat Ali (Paid Content sold to The Guardian for $30m). Ashley Norris, former co-fou... |
| 11.07.2008 | Odeo Giving It Another Go | Odeo, a podcast directory founded in 2005 by Evan Williams of Blogger and Twitter fame that was acquired by SonicMountain over a year ago, has relaunched with a completely new design and slew of features.
The biggest addition to the site is... |
| 13.06.2008 | Next New Networks Looking For Next New CEO | Web video production house Next New Networks is looking for a new CEO. Founder and current CEO Herb Scannell, who will remain as chairman, announced it on the company’s blog. Previously, Scannell was vice chairman of MTV Networks and presid... |
| 12.03.2008 | Next New Networks – $15 million From Velocity Interactive Group And Goldman Sachs | Goldman Sachs and Velocity Interactive Group have put another $15 million into the online TV site Next New Networks, the company will announce shortly. The company, which launched in January 2007, had previously raised $8 million from Spark... |
| 31.01.2008 | Strike this: Video sites you can make money from (or not) | While the strike by Hollywood writers is dragging on long enough to threaten the hallowed Oscars, video-viewing on the web is expanding as fast as ever. As a result, writers, directors and actors are considering splitting from the studios f... |
| 09.01.2008 | Wizzard Media: 1 Billion Downloads in 2007, Podcasting Far from Dead | Wizzard Media, owners of the Libsyn, Switchpod and Blast Podcast networks, will announce tomorrow that it passed the 1 billion download mark in 2007. While online media consumption numbers are notoriously hard to verify, Wizzard’s have some... |
| 14.11.2007 | ON Networks joins the crowded online TV market | ON Networks, a yet another media company offering online high-definition TV programming, said it has raised $12 million in a second round of financing.
The Austin, Tex. company raised the money from Accel Partners, the Silicon Valley firm t... |
| 17.10.2007 | Next New Networks enters politics, buys BarelyPolitical | Next New Networks, a new company launching targeted online TV channels, has acquired BarelyPolitical.com, creator of the viral video show, Obama Girl.
The amount was undisclosed, but this is NNN’s way of entering the political comedy show b... |
| 17.10.2007 | Next New Networks Acquires BarelyPolitical.com | Micro television network provider Next New Networks has acquired BarelyPolitical.com, the site behind the Obama Girl video.
This acquisition is Next New Networks’ first foray into politics, and BarelyPolitical will now be served along side ... |
| 13.10.2007 | Weekly Wrapup, 8-12 October 2007 | Sponsor:
Here is a summary of the week’s Web Tech action on Read/WriteWeb. Note that you can subscribe to the Weekly Wrapups, either via the special RSS feed or by email. Web News
Newsvine Acquired By MSNBC
The week started with some big M&... |
| 09.10.2007 | Castfire Lands Next New Networks in Major Video Pact | In a cross-country deal that will make big waves in the video blogging market, San Francisco’s CastFire, the up and coming video publishing tool/ad network, will announce tonight a large deal to distribute and provide services for New York’... |
| 27.06.2007 | Disaster On the Homefront: Macbook Pro Battery Explosion | So sitting in the offices today at Next New Networks, we were alerted to a tragedy of epic proportion. As he was charging his battery earlier company founder and creative director, Fred Seibert experienced the unthinkable! The battery for h... |
| 24.06.2007 | Revision3 raises $8M more for niche TV | Revision3, a San Francisco company creating high-quality video shows on niche topics, has raised $8 million more from investors.
Like several other companies, including Podtech (see our coverage) and Next New Networks (our coverage), its se... |
| 20.05.2007 | Next New Networks Building Micro Television Networks | Next New Networks is an online media company with big plans for “micro television networks”.
The New York based company launched in January with $8 million in funding from Spark Capital.
The team behind the service is impressive. There are ... |
| 07.01.2007 | Web 2.0 bubble bursting: Peerflix cuts workforce, carnage mounting elsewhere | This year has become the “show-me” year. Internet start-ups showing no traction are getting shut down, or trimmed — abandoned by once wide-eyed investors.
The Web 2.0 bubble is bursting, but VentureBeat agrees with others that this is more ... |
| 03.01.2007 | Next New Networks gets funding — for another niche video play | Next New Networks is the latest company to launch a niche content strategy — this time, online TV sites tailored to specific themes.
The New York company has received $8 million in a first round of funding from Spark Capital, an East Coast ... |